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Home My WebLink AboutRES 4284 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 4234 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDING ASSISTANCE FOR WASHINGTON WILDLIFE AND RECREATION PROGRAM ("WWRP") PROJECTS TO THE RECREATION AND CONSERVATION FUNDING BOARD AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 79A.15 AND 79A.25 RCW, WAC 286, AND OTHER APPLICABLE AUTHORITIES (SUNSET NEIGHBORHOOD PARK (HIGHLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK 3) PROJECT. WHEREAS, the City of Renton (the "City") has adopted a comprehensive Parks, Recreation and Natural Areas Plan that includes the Sunset Neighborhood Park (Highlands Neighborhood Park 3) Project; and WHEREAS, under provisions of the WWRP program, state grant assistance is requested to aid in financing the cost of acquisition and facility development; and WHEREAS, the City considers it in the best public interest to complete the project described in the application; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLI.OWS: SECTION I. The above recitals are found to be true and correct in all respects. SECTION II. The City Council of the City of Renton, Washington, is authorized to make formal application to the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board for grant assistance. SECTION III. The City has reviewed the sample project agreement on the Recreation and Conservation Office's web site at: http://www.rco.wa.gov/documents/ manuals&forms/SampleProjAgreement.pdf and authorizes Denis Law, Mayor, to enter into such a project agreement, if funding is awarded. The City understands and acknowledges that 1 RESOLUTION NO. 4234 the project agreement will contain the indemnification (applicable to any sponsor) and waiver of sovereign immunity (applicable to Tribes) and other terms and conditions that are contained in the sample project agreement. The sample project agreement may be revised periodically by the Recreation and Conservation Office. The City recognizes that such changes might occur prior to the City's authorized representative signing the actual project agreement, and accepts the responsibility and the presumption that the City's authorized representative shall have conferred with the City Council as to any such changes before he executes the project agreement on behalf of the City and so executes with the City Council's authorization. SECTION IV. Any grant assistance received will be used for only direct eligible and allowable costs that are reasonable and necessary to implement the project referenced above. SECTION V. The City expects its matching share of project funding will be derived from the City of Renton General Fund and from a Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant and that pursuant to WAC 286-13-040 must certify the availability of the match at least one month before funding approval. In addition, the City understands it is responsible for supporting all non-cash commitments to this project should they not materialize. SECTION VI. The City acknowledges that if the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board approves grant assistance for the project, the Recreation and Conservation Office will pay the City on only a reimbursement basis. The City understands reimbursement basis means that it will only request payment from the Recreation and Conservation Office after it incurs eligible and allowable costs and pays them. The Recreation and Conservation Office may also determine an amount of retainage and hold that amount until the project is complete. 2 RESOLUTION N0. 4284 SECTION VII. The City acknowledges that any property acquired with grant assistance must be dedicated for the purposes of the grant in perpetuity unless otherwise agreed to by the City and the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board. The City agrees to dedicate the property in a signed "Deed of Right" for fee acquisitions, or an "Assignment of Rights" for other than fee acquisitions (which documents will be based upon Recreation and Conservation Office's standard versions of those documents), to be recorded on the title of the property with the King County Recorder's Office. SECTION VIII. The City acknowledges that any property acquired in fee title must be immediately made available to the public unless the Recreation and Conservation Office director or the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board agrees to other restrictions. SECTION IX. The City acknowledges that any property owned by the City that is developed, renovated or restored with grant assistance must be dedicated for the purpose of the grant in perpetuity after the project is complete unless otherwise provided and agreed to by the City and the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board in the project agreement or an amendment thereto. SECTION X. This resolution authorizing the application becomes part of a formal application to the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board for grant assistance. SECTION XI. The City provided appropriate opportunity for public comment on the application. SECTION XII. The City certifies that this resolution authorizing the application was properly and lawfully adopted following the requirements of the City and applicable laws and policies and that the person signing as authorized representative is duly authorized to do so. 3 __ _- RESOLUTlON N0. 4284 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this �5�h day of April. 2q16, at , Renton City Hali, 1055 South Grady Way, Rentan, WA 98057. /1 � !/�L% Jas A. Seth��ty Cierk APPRt3VED BY THE MAYf3R this 25�� day af pril 2016 at , , Renton City Hall, 1055 South Grady Way, Rentan, WA 98057. � Denis Law, Mayor ,4\\\``,`s... , . ��,ry�,� ; ~M+�i Appraved as to farm: ��G1� y �'''��r% �� " � _ `t'L'�'t"'"t'�"�.",�''�G��4'V�'''�'.h„�... �<` ��' �k� .: *. .-� Lawrence J. 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